…and the house he shares with his people.

The bathroom tile pick

We’ve finally arrived at a final decision on tile for the downstairs bathroom:

(The color on the right)

After starting out looking for something like this, then trying on a bunch of other ideas for size, we’ve come full circle.

We’re going to do 13×13 squares of Tracce del Tempo porcelain tile. But instead of arranging them in a grid like we’d been setting them into the room, we’re going to orient them in a diamond pattern, rotated 45 degrees. That way we get the unfussy look of a small amount of grout, without looking like we’re putting grid lines into the bathroom. We’re hoping the space will look bigger that way.

I want to make sure we finish the hall and stairs before work on the bathroom starts, so that we’re not living in the middle of a long stretch of works in progress. This will provide more motivation to get the hall painting finished in the next week or so!